I am employed full-time by Yahoo! Inc., as Senior Legal Director. I have been elected to the GNSO Council by the Commercial and Business Users Constituency. Yahoo! is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo!'s mission is to connect people to their passions, their communities, and the world's knowledge. I engage ICANN issues from Yahoo!'s perspective as a premier online brand and diversified business, highly valuing the perspectives of our customers, partners and users. Yahoo! has hundreds of thousands of online business customers and partners which advertise and provide services to our global audience. We are interested in seeing all of these businesses succeed and grow. These businesses work with Yahoo! because we have earned one of the world's largest audiences, requiring that the 'user perspective' remain extremely important to us always. And, of course Yahoo! is a famous brand that is extremely challenging to protect and enforce online, worldwide. I believe businesses of all types and sizes share our interest in the rapid growth of internet commerce, balanced with fair protection of existing property interests. I look forward to working with the Council to address the many serious issues that existing businesses encounter as a result of ICANN policy. Mike Rodenbaugh